(WEST NIPISSING, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested and charged a driver with impaired driving, while investigating a motor vehicle collision.
On Saturday September 13, 2025, at approximately 3:55 a.m., members from the Nipissing West Detachment of the OPP, responded to a collision involving a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) and a moose on Highway 17, West Nipissing.
While the CMV was pulled over on the shoulder of the highway, another motor vehicle struck the deceased animal, causing the motor vehicle to roll over. The driver of the motor vehicle received minor injuries, which was treated by Emergency Medical Services.
As a result of the investigation, the driver of the motor vehicle was arrested for impaired driving and transported to the OPP detachment for further testing.
Tiffany COMMANDA, 43 years-of-age, from Nipissing First Nation, was charged with, operation while impaired – alcohol and operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
The accused was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on Thursday November 6, 2025, in North Bay.
The driver was issued a 90-day Administrative Driver’s Licence Suspension and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.